Enter value in cell by selecting cell.

[Guest]

When I move the mouse cursor over a cell and click to select the cell I would
like for an "X" to be placed in the cell without entering the "X" with a
keyboard stroke. How do I accomplish this?

 

[Dave Peterson]

How about using doubleclicking and rightclicking:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeDoubleClick(ByVal Target As Range, _
Cancel As Boolean)
If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
If Intersect(Target, Me.Range("A:A")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

Cancel = True 'stop editing in cell
Target.Value = "X"
End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_BeforeRightClick(ByVal Target As Range, _
Cancel As Boolean)
If Target.Cells.Count > 1 Then Exit Sub
If Intersect(Target, Me.Range("A:A")) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

Cancel = True 'stop pop up from showing
Target.Value = ""
End Sub

I used any cell in Column A. You can change that in both spots if you want.
Doubleclicking will add the X. Rightclicking will empty the cell.

 

[Dave Peterson]

ps.

If you want to try, rightclick on the worksheet tab that should have this
behavior. Select view code and paste that code into the code window.